One show EAP is looking forward to seeing this season is Angelwalk's production of
Ordinary Days. This show got a lot of buzz and even made it to the Great White Way before fizzling out in a disappointing four day run. However, many who saw the show,during Its New York debut thought it was wonderful, if not a Broadway sensation. So when Angelwalk's announced that they would be bringing
Ordinary Days to Toronto we were intrigued Yesterday the company announced its cast and creative for the run, which is November 29 - 9th.
As previously announced, the cast will star past Angelwalk Theatre performers Justin Bott, Jay Davis, and Clara Scott, along with newcomer Connie Manfredi, who is making her Toronto and Angelwalk Theatre debut.
Ordinary Days follows four young 20-30 year olds whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, love and happiness. When Deb loses her most precious possession - the notes to her graduate thesis - she unwittingly starts a chain of events that turns the ordinary days of four New Yorkers into something extraordinary.
Ordinary Days made its world-premiere at the Roundabout Theatre in New York City in 2009 to rave reviews. "Full of idiosyncratic charm" (Time Out New York),
Ordinary Days contains an emotionally powerful score with lyrics that are "arrestingly poetic" (LA Times). Remotegoat London gave the show five stars and calls it "one of the best musicals I have seen all year".
Angelwalk Theatre and Winnipeg Studio Theatre are excited to announce that they have commissioned Canadian musical theatre composer, arranger and playwright Joseph Aragon (Theatre20's
Bloodless: The Trial of Burke and Hare) to arrange the first-ever orchestrations for Ordinary Days. Canadian audiences will be the first to hear these new arrangements, which will go on to be included in future productions of Ordinary Days.
Angelwalk is making a name for itself in Toronto by bringing new and unseen musical theatre to the Toronto audience. Their development work on this show helps to push them onto the international stage. Dora-nominated producers of
I Love You Because, Off-Broadway On Stage, [title of show] and
Altar Boyz, Angelwalk Theatre, is thrilled to reveal the creative team for its upcoming Canadian premiere of Ordinary Days, being co-produced with Winnipeg Studio Theatre. From exciting new composer Adam Gwon, this honest, touching and funny musical runs at Manitoba Theatre Centre's Tom Hendry Warehouse Theatre from November 21-25, 2012 before opening at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on November 30, 2012 and running until December 9, 2012.
From the release -
Most recently seen in
from Justin to Kelly, Justin Bott returns to Angelwalk Theatre after his Dora-nominated performance in
[title of show] and his performance in
Songs for a New World. Other credits include
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Moonpath),
The Wedding Singer and Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat (Stage West),
Romeo & Juliet and
Macbeth (Classical Theatre Project), and
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Citadel Theatre). Jay Davis was recently seen in
Queen For A Day: The Musical (Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts),
The Last Five Years (Rose Theatre), and
Next to Normal (Clearwater Theatre Co.). Jay was a part of Angelwalk Theatre's Dora-nominated production of
I Love You Because and also performed in Birdland Theatre's
Assassins. Clara Scott appeared in last season's Dora-nominated production of
Off-Broadway On Stage. Other credits include
Project Actif (Mixed Company),
Spring Awakening and
Reefer Madness (L.O.T.),
Before Breakfast and After the Sun (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Connie Manfredi has appeared in
Avenue Q (District Theatre Collective),
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and
Spring Awakening (Winnipeg Studio Theatre), and
The Littlewoods (zone 41). Connie is a graduate of the acting program at the University of Winnipeg.
Also previously announced,
Ordinary Days will be directed by Kayla Gordon, Winnipeg Studio Theatre's Artistic Director, music directed by Paul De Gurse, and choreographed by Brenda Gorlick. Set and costumes will be designed by Scott Penner with lighting design by Siobhán Sleath.
Subscriptions for Angelwalk Theatre's 2012/2013 two-show subscription season (
Ordinary Days &
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change), are now on sale, with Early-Bird prices in effect until October 31st. In addition to the subscription discount, subscribers also save because there are no additional service fees on subscription tickets, and tickets can easily be exchanged for any other performance.
SHOW DETAILS
Runs: November 29 - December 9, 2012
Opening: November 30, 2012
Schedule: Tues-Sat @ 8 p.m.; Sun @ 2 p.m.
Tickets: $35-$45
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online
here
by phone at 1-855-985-2787,
and in person at the Toronto Centre for the Arts .
